In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact or reason to support the belief in God and in personal immortality.
CLARENCE DARROW
The fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom. Skepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact or reason to support the belief in God and in personal immortality.
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The truth is, no man is white and no man is black. We are all freckled.
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As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever.
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I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.
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I have lived my life, and I have fought my battles, not against the weak and the poor – anybody can do that – but against power, against injustice, against oppression, and I have asked no odds from them, and I never shall.
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Eugene V. Debs has always been one of my heroes.
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Freedom comes from human beings, rather than from laws and institutions.
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There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.
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The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
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If there is to be any permanent improvement in man and any better social order, it must come mainly from the education and humanizing of man.
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To think is to differ.
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The difference between the child and the man lies chiefly in the unlimited confidence and buoyancy of youth.
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I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.
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I do not believe in god because I do not believe in Mother Goose.
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Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.
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